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Lawn in the Pilbara an experience of the outback Being Australian in the Pilbara is about living with red oxide dust on everything.   I mean, it's EVERYWHERE. On cars, on roofs, on shop windows, on family pets, on lawns... Iron ore dust from the mines has been a real challenge for the hardworking folks in Newman, and Port Hedland as well, where giant ships cart portable hunks of Australia off to China to be melted down into, well...just about everything you need around your home that has any steel in it.   Anyway, the Pilbara at dusk is magical. Sunsets cast blankets of yellow light across spinafex bubbling up from the ground under a giant dome of blue sky. It's hauntingly beautiful and eerie.   You ought to go check it out. Hire a caravan and go there. It's like no other place on Earth. Just mind the dust if the wind gets up.     Thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne on 17/07/2004 share it pin it print it report it

Other Experiences of Doug Kirkpatrick

Those ticking street posts, Frequent flyers??, Max the dog, Flag on a dumpster, My backyard clotheslines, Clever street art, Australia Day in Port Hedland, Passing road trains, Big Australian Sky, Flying art, Lunchtime for 'Wombat', Hand of Friendship, Dodging busted Telecom pits, Tuned in to the nation, Hanging out to dry, Swimming Pool for One, broken flags, Genuine Aussie gladiators..., Shark Wrestling in South Australia, The Sydney-to-Hobart, Fantales - things of beauty, Street Junk, Dining IN, tradie's bit for the nation, Clean-up Day, ANZAC biscuits help keep peace in Kashmir, Cops on the beat, Spiders lurking, Eating Violet Crumbles, Coastal sandstone, Living among the gum trees, Feeling of wool, Outdoor shower, Regarding the 'Coathanger', Pausing to honour the 'Diggers', The rural gatepost where yarns are had, Celebrating Australia Day in Port Hedland, P-Plate, Kirribilli commute, Oz Day in the city, Dancing with the Stars - in Milson's Point, Sydney, Weekday oasis of calm, Bondi Beach - historic more than bohemian, Riding into history on a vintage train in Tasmania, Plunging escarpments ain't always pretty, Feeding wild lorikeets on the verandah at home, Walking the streets of Sydney, When you're driving in Australia..., Melbourne Cup in Martin Place, Taking a punt on the Melbourne Cup - Part 1 of 2, Taking a punt on the Melbourne Cup - Part 2 of 2, Cyclone Tracy revisited, Hot date with a Maytag washer in Darwin, The Port Hedland detention centre, Not ice, nor 'Ice', nor snow. Just Pilbara salt, Railmotor from Werris Creek, Camping with wild pigs, Telephone sockets in Australia, Werris Creek Station, Leaving their mark in stone, Being Australian on Christmas Day (Bondi Beach pt1), Christmas Day at Bondi Beach (pt2), Christmas Day at Bondi Beach (pt3), Camping holiday - best way to see Australia

Other experiences of the outback

Scary Kangaroo! by lilly, Dining IN by Doug, Karijini Jewels by chris, Living on the Edge by chris, Experiencing Uluru by Eve, Sazette by Sazette, Kangaroo shooting in Western Australia by Gillian, Being social in the bush by Gillian, Living in the Wild West by Matty, Stuart Highway - the real wilderness by Matty, Plenty of Water by Matty, Living with cane toads, an imported menace by Matty, Helicopter flight over rugged NT wilderness by Rodney, Camping with wild pigs by Douglas, Metal cake by Matty, Overseas and missing home by shar-la

Other experiences from people feeling curious

Big Australian Sky by Doug, By Train to Adelaide by Collin, mountain weather by dylan, Interesting Cars by potsy, Swimming Pool for One by Doug, Shark Wrestling in South Australia by Doug, Our natural bushland by sharles48, Spiders lurking by Douglas, Outdoor shower by Doug, ozzie by vikki007, Going to a classy outdoor outback loo by shazza, The rural gatepost where yarns are had by Doug, P-Plate by Doug, Weekday oasis of calm by Doug, BYOB: The wine bottle in a brown paper bag phenomena by Atalanta, Vegemite by Atalanta, Walking the streets of Sydney by Douglas, Melbourne Cup in Martin Place by Douglas, Taking a punt on the Melbourne Cup - Part 1 of 2 by Douglas, Taking a punt on the Melbourne Cup - Part 2 of 2 by Douglas, Some useful answers by Matty, House on stone block by Jay, A visit to the Southern Highlands by Rodney, Not ice, nor 'Ice', nor snow. Just Pilbara salt by Douglas, The Angel of Edgecliff by Fran, Copy chocolate? by Mick, Nice Fashion - if you can wear it by Fran, Telephone sockets in Australia by Douglas, Two textures of life in Australia by William1, Werris Creek Station by Douglas, Leaving their mark in stone by Douglas, TOGETHER! by Sunflower10, Musk lorikeets, eagles, galahs and eucalypts... by Sunflower10, Eureka! by Sunflower10, The Eureka Playground by Sunflower10, Australia’s familiar past by Socceroo, Cyclone Supplies by KellyJayne

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